Photo: Awkwafaba · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Lac La Belle commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 34% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 8 jobs are based in Lac La Belle, and 142 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lac La Belle; the top destination outside it is Milwaukee (13%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Lac La Belle by day
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Lac La Belle on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Lac La Belle’s working residents head each day
Where Lac La Belle clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Lac La Belle works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lac La Belle, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lac La Belle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Lac La Belle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lac La Belle workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 34% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Lac La Belle goes to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Lac La Belle
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lac La Belle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac La Belle | – | — | — | 26 min | $213,958 |
| Oconomowoc | under 3% | A+ | C | 24 min | $114,782 |
| Ixonia | under 3% | A | B− | 25 min | $89,427 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lac La Belle’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lac La Belle: questions
What is the median household income in Lac La Belle?
$213,958 (±$26,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lac La Belle?
0.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lac La Belle?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lac La Belle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (13%, 28 mi), Oconomowoc (11%, 3 mi), Waukesha (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lac La Belle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lac La Belle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lac La Belle
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.